# Fuego en la sangre (TV series)

Fuego en la sangre (Translated to "Fire in the Blood", but in English called Burning for Revenge) is a Mexican telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network. Starring Adela Noriega, Eduardo Yáñez, Elizabeth Álvarez, Jorge Salinas, Nora Salinas and Pablo Montero.
It is the Mexican remake of the Colombian soap operas Las aguas mansas and Pasión de Gavilanes. The theme song called "Para Siempre" was composed by Joan Sebastian and sung by Vicente Fernández.
The telenovela received the TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela in 2009.

## History

From January 21 to November 2, 2008, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast Fuego en la sangre weeknights at 9pm. From July 22, 2013 to February 7, 2014, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast reruns of Fuego en la sangre weekdays at 11:30am. As of April 18, 2016 - January 27, 2017 TL Novelas broadcast 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing Sortilegio. With Amores verdaderos replacing it the January 30. From April 28, 2008 to February 20, 2009, Univision broadcast Fuego en la sangre weeknights at 9pm/8c replacing Pasión. The last episode was broadcast on February 20, 2009 with Mañana es para siempre replacing it February 23, 2009.

## Plot summary

The plot of this story revolves around three brothers -Juan, Óscar and Franco Reyes- who swear an oath of allegiance on the tomb of their recently departed sister, Libia, to avenge her death. Libia died under mysterious circumstances while she was involved in a passionate relationship with another man, the wealthy and influential Bernardo Elizondo, who has since also died under mysterious circumstances. The brothers discover that, not only was Elizondo married throughout his relationship with Libia, but he was also the father of three very beautiful -and very different- adult daughters. Believing Libia's death to be directly related to her relationship with Elizondo, the brothers determine to infiltrate his life and wreak their vengeance on the lives of his survivors. There, however, they discover that things are not as simple as they thought they would be.
Determined to ruin the household and, most especially, the lives of Don Bernardo’s daughters (Sofía, Jimena and Sarita) they go to the Hacienda San Agustín, with the purpose of killing evereynoe in the family. They get confused as they are thought to be the construction workers in charge of building a house for Sofía and her husband, Fernando. They go with the flow and enter the household undercover, yet they change their purpose once there they discover things are not necessarily as they seem. They discover that Bernardo's three daughters are each of them unique, special, and determined women and that -most especially- they are all captives to their fierce, domineering, and manipulative mother, the pious and powerful Gabriela Acevedo. As the brothers get to know each sister, the compassion they feel towards these women who each are fighting their own struggles against both their tyrannical mother as well as their own budding femininity and individuality, gradually turns to passion. And each brother is drawn to his own sister: The easy-going and carefree Óscar is drawn to Jimena, a fun-loving and passionate beauty, aching to free herself from her controlling mother's devices. The sensitive Franco is drawn to the bookish Sarita, both of whom have the brain of an intellectual and the soul of a poet and, finally, Juan, the alpha of the three brothers, is drawn to the sensitive and kind-hearted Sofía, who has perhaps the toughest lot of the three sisters because, after having been raped by Fernando -a brutal and ambitious man with designs on the Elizondo fortune- she was forced by her mother to wed her rapist under the guise of preserving the family honor (but, really, it is because the pious Gabriela lusts for Fernando herself and has her own designs on him) and thus she is now living in misery.
As the brothers become more enmeshed with the lives of these three women, each budding relationship brings its own problems and its own strife: Forgotten lovers, ghosts from the past, emerging threats with their own agendas and, overshadowing it all, the constant threat of the powerful Gabriela and the manipulative Fernando, who will stop at nothing to get what they want...
In the backdrop of this there is a multitude of colorful secondary characters, each contributing their own bit to this fascinating puzzle: The exotic Rosario, the scheming Ruth, the haunted Eva, the world-weary Don Agustín, the tortured Padre Tadeo... Each of them is a part of this fascinating, brutal, and thrilling story.

## Cast

| Adela Noriega as Sofía Elizondo Acevedo Eduardo Yáñez as Juan Robles Reyes Elizabeth Álvarez as Jimena Elizondo Acevedo Jorge Salinas as Óscar Robles Reyes Nora Salinas as Sara "Sarita" Elizondo Acevedo Pablo Montero as Franco Robles Reyes Diana Bracho as Doña Gabriela Acevedo Vda. de Elizondo María Sorté as Eva Rodríguez Guillermo García Cantú as Fernando Escandón René Casados as Padre Tadeo Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Quintina Joaquín Cordero as Don Agustín Acevedo Ninel Conde as Rosario Montes Sergio Acosta as Armando Navarro Sherlyn as Libia Robles Reyes Carlos Bracho as Don Bernardo Elizondo Julissa as Doña Raquel Santos de Uribe Gilberto de Anda as Ricardo Uribe Susana Zabaleta as Ruth Uribe Santos Tony Vela as Ricardo Uribe Jr. "El Coyote" Vicente Fernandez Jr. as Vicente Robles Luis Reynoso as Rosendo Aguirre Rebeca Manríquez as María Caridad Thelma Dorantes as María Esperanza Alejandro Aragón as Octavio Uribe Rodrigo Mejia as Benito Uribe | Luis Fernando Peña as Rigoberto "Rigo" Radamés de Jesús as Eladio Isaura Espinoza as Hortensia Aurora Clavel as Ofelia Elsa Cárdenas as Madre Superiora Renata Flores as Petra Sánchez Juan Carlos Flores as Tobías Juan Carlos Bonet as Bruno Ferraño Gabriela Ramírez as Eugenia David Rencoret as Dr. Gómez Ernesto Laguardia as Juan José Robles Lourdes Munguía as María Libia Reyes de Robles Niurka Marcos as Maracuyá Eduardo Capetillo as Pedro Reyes Manuel Landeta as Anselmo Cruz Cristián de la Fuente as Demián Ferrer Sofía Vergara as Leonora Castañeda Roberto Vander as Dr. Gilberto Castañeda Adalberto Parra as Brujo Carlos Cardán as Apolinar Antonio Medellín as Fabio Sergio Reynoso as Alejandro Reyes "El Jefe" Sergio Mayer as Román Pietro Vannucci as Gonzalo Alma Muriel as Soledad Silvia Pinal as Santa Margarita Lorenza "Santita"" Vda. de Paz |

## Soundtrack

Fuego en la sangre was released on CD in Mexico on November 14, 2008. Track listing

## Ratings
### Mexico

| Timeslot | # Ep. | Premiere | Premiere | Finale | Finale | Rank | Season | Rating average |
| Timeslot | # Ep. | Date | Premiere Rating | Date | Finale Rating | Rank | Season | Rating average |
| Mondays—Fridays 9:00pm | 200 | January 21, 2008 | 29.5 | November 2, 2008 | 36.8 | #1 | 2008-09 | 33.1 |

## DVD release

Fuego en la sangre was released in a 4 disc DVD set in Mexico in mid-2009. It contains all 200 episodes in abridged version. A 2 disc US version was released on September 1, 2009.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Award Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Song | "Para Siempre" by Vicente Fernández | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Actress in a Comic Character | Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Leading Actress | María Sorté | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Male Villain | Guillermo García Cantú | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Male Protagonist | Eduardo Yáñez | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Script | Liliana Abud Ricardo Fiallega | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Direction | Miguel Córcega Jorge Édgar Ramírez Alberto Díaz | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Production | Salvador Mejía Alejandre | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Telenovela by Televisa | Salvador Mejía Alejandre | Won |
| 2008 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Special Award for Great Telenovela of the Year | Salvador Mejía Alejandre | Won |
| 2008 | Fama Awards | Best Actress | Adela Noriega | Won |
| 2008 | Oye Awards | Best Telenovela, Movie or TV Series Musical Theme | "Para Siempre" by Vicente Fernández | Won |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela | Salvador Mejía Alejandre | Won |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actress | Adela Noriega | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actor | Eduardo Yáñez | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actor | Jorge Salinas | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonist Actress | Diana Bracho | Won |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonist Actor | Guillermo García Cantú | Won |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Co-lead Actress | Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Won |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Co-lead Actor | René Casados | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Original Story or Adaptation | Liliana Abud Ricardo Fiallega | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Direction | Miguel Córcega Jorge Édgar Ramírez Alberto Díaz | Nominated |
| 2009 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Direction of the Cameras | Manuel Barajas Jesús Acuña Lee | Nominated |
| 2009 | Bravo Awards | Best Antagonist Actress | Diana Bracho | Won |
| 2009 | Bravo Awards | Best Antagonist Actor | Guillermo García Cantú | Won |
| 2009 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Actor | Eduardo Yáñez | Won |
| 2009 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Character Actress | María Sorté | Won |
| 2010 | Tv Adicto Golden Awards | Best Song of the Decade | "Para Siempre" by Vicente Fernández | Won |